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1859
Exhibition
Milan
1859
Brera’s annual fine arts exhibition of 1859 took place at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Milan. The Pinacoteca’s account places the show shortly after the entry into the city of Victor Emmanuel II and Napoleon III and relates it to the successful Risorgimento campaign in Lombardy. Francesco Hayez presented The Kiss, the commissioned oil painting now recorded as Pinacoteca inventory 6335. Its medieval lovers and patriotic symbolism connected Romantic painting with the political setting of that year. This reconstruction identifies the original 1859 canvas, rather than the later versions mentioned by the museum, and documents one exhibited work. The original catalogue and complete exhibition selection remain unreviewed.
Also recorded as: Brera annual exhibition 1859 · Esposizione annuale dell’Accademia di Belle Arti braidense
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Source-documented annual exhibition, Risorgimento context and selected painting; no invented curatorial statement